Over the past day the Russia-backed separatists have carried out 52 shelling of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas, as a result of which five Ukrainian soldiers have been injured, the press center of the Ukrainian military reported.
In the Mariupol sector the separatists carried out 21 shelling. Their main fire activity was concentrated in the areas of such populated localities as Shyrokyne, Pavlopil, Krasnohorivka and Maryinka. In addition, the militants fired on Vodiane, Hnutove, Lebedynske, Bohdanivka, Novotroyitske and Chermalyk. The separatists fired on Pavlopil using 120 mm mortar shells banned by the Minsk agreements.
“Avdiyivka in the Donetsk sector remains in a difficult situation. Its suburbs and some of our positions farther in the south were fired on with 120-mm mortar shells and tank armament banned by the Minsk agreements. While in this area, as well as in the area of Kodema, the enemy used 122 mm artillery systems,” a statement posted on the official Facebook page of the Ukrainian military press centre, says.
Some 13 attacks were recorded in the Luhansk sector. The separatists fired upon the positions of the Ukrainian army in the vicinity of Krymske from mortars of 120 mm and 82 mm caliber, near Novo-Oleksandrivka – from mortars of 82 mm caliber, near Novozvanovka – from grenade launchers and machine guns, grenade launchers were used near Troyitske and Lobacheve.
